Index-guide and similar device.



J. RAN-D. INDEX GUIDE AND SIMILAR DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 19, 1908.

913, 1 62. Patented Feb. 23, 1909 7H5 Z 71 1,535 05: p, [Yoda/ (07'UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES H. RAND, OF WELLESLEY HILLS, MASSACHUSETTS.

INDEX-GUIDE SIMILAR DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 28, 1909.

Application flled'lay 19, 1908. Serial No. 43am.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JALLES H. RAND, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Wcllesley Hills, in the countyof Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented a 'new.and usefulImprovement in Index- Guides" and Similar Devices, of which thefollowing is .a specification.

This invention relates to index guides, cards and the leaves of bookswhlch are provided at their edges with index-tabs consisting of pocketsor holders adapted to contain "the same to form an open-ende iholder l3ada ted to rece ve a name-card or sli C. The side portions of thetransparent changeable or removable nameslips.

The objects of my invention are to pro-. vide a simple and inexpensivetab of this characterwhich permits the name or other index-designationIo be read from either side The index tab consists of a doubled strip. Bof celluloid or other suitable transparent,

material secured to the guide, with its folded portion extending beyondthe upper edge of pocket or strip below the pocket 18 may be glued orotherwise secured to opposite sides of the guide, as seen in Fig. Theslip C may bear the desired name or other index-designation on bothsides, as shown, so that it can be read through the transparent pocket Bfrom either side' of the guide. As the tab or slip-holder is transparenton both sides, it is unnecessary to cut apertures in the same to exposethe name-slip thus producing a stronger holder than suc an apertured one.and providin a lar er contact surface between its wal s and t ename-slip, rendering the slip less liable to become displaced.

To further check endwise displacement of the name-slip, the sameconsists of a. strip of paper or card-board folded lengthwise at itsmiddle, as best shown in Fig. 4, the sides of the slip being pressedtogether in inserting it in the holder. The sides or flaps of the foldedslip by their tendency to spread apart press constantl against the wallsof the pocket B and-t us resist dis-- placement of the name-slip. M

The improved tab is herein shown and described in connection with anindex-guide, as an example of its use, but the same is equally a picable to other indexes of various kin s and to the leaves of books.

' I claim as my invention An indexuide or similar article having a tabor hol er consisting of a doubled strip of transparent material securedto opposite sides of the guide with its folded portion projecting beyondthe edge of the guide to form a pocket or holder, and a name-card insaid pocket consisting of a slip doubled lengthwise, substantiall as setforth.

Witness my hand this 13th day of May,

. JAMES H. RAND. Witnesses:

JAMES H. RAND, Jr., Gaonon A. Swmrrsna.

